Inara nodded gracefully. "What I'm about to ask of is made more awkward by the fact that we two are, for all intents and purposes, guests at my request, and therefore insisting on all the usual courtesies is in itself indelicate, but - we were speaking with some of the scientist invitees earlier this evening, and they spoke of having to inactivate certain monitoring devices in their rooms in order to be assured of privacy. This was an amusing game, to people of such confidence and technical abilities."

-- The Bellerophon Baty Engine Heist - Chapter 6 by Chrisk